ABSTRACT

First published in 1977. The purpose of this study is to locate the sources for the American style of painting characterised by measure and design – the representation of the specific and familiar according to principles of pictorial order. The reader shall see that there were a variety of conventions available to the artist and that his selection of one or another of them depended upon pragmatic, philosophical, and aesthetic considerations.

chapter Chapter I|28 pages

Introduction

The Practical and Philosophical Background for Design and Measure

chapter Chapter II|41 pages

Out of the Craft Tradition

chapter Chapter IV|28 pages

The Role of the Academic Tradition

chapter Chapter VII|40 pages

The Aesthetics of Perspective

chapter |2 pages

Afterword